Stacy L. Ewell v.  Ronald J. Angelone

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
 STACY L. EWELL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. No. 02-7185 
RONALD J. ANGELONE,
Defendant-Appellee. 
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge.
(CA-02-622-AM)
Submitted: December 19, 2002
Decided: January 30, 2003
Before LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
COUNSEL
Stacy L. Ewell, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
Local Rule 36(c).

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OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Stacy L. Ewell, a Virginia prisoner, filed a habeas petition under
28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000), seeking immediate release from confine-
ment. Ewell alleged in his § 2254 petition that his good conduct cred-
its were improperly denied and calculated such that he should have
been released from confinement in November 1999. The district court
analyzed his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) and dismissed the
action for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (2000).
The core of Ewell’s lawsuit is an attack on the length of his con-
finement. Such a claim sounds in habeas corpus, rather than § 1983.
See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 497-500 (1973); Todd v. Bas-
kerville, 712 F.2d 70, 73 (4th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, we vacate and
remand for the district court to analyze Ewell’s claims in the context
of a § 2254 petition consistent with this opinion. We decline to
address any of Ewell’s habeas claims on the merits.
VACATED AND REMANDED
2 EWELL v. ANGELONE

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